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历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-07-23

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 July 23rd 1967"Black day in July, Motor City madness has touched the countryside."A week of race-related rioting erupts in Detroit, following a police raid on an after-hours club. The violence kills 43 people and injuries more than 1,000 others, destroying dozens of homes and businesses. In happens soon after race-related rioting in Newark, New Jersey1, claims 2 dozen lives.

1885Former President Ulysses S. Grant dies in Mount McGregor, New York at the age of 63. Grant led Union forces to victory in the American Civil War before serving in the White House.
1986Wedding bells for Britain's royal family. Prince Andrew marries Sarah Ferguson better known as Fergie in London's Westminster Abbey. The couple divorces a decade later.
1984Vanessa Williams, the first black Miss America also becomes the first to give up her crown. Williams relinquishes2 her title after nude3 photographs of her taken years earlier are published in Penthouse magazine.
And 2000"When I turned proud I still felt I would contend in a number of major championships now whether I win them (or not) is a different story."Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to complete a career grand slam, winning the British Open at age 24.
Today in History, July 23rd, Ed Donahue, the Associated Press.

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1 jersey Lp5zzo     
n.运动衫
参考例句：
  • He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
  • They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。
2 relinquishes a2c914b0d1f4e86a1bd9d2187d02c85c     
交出，让给( relinquish的第三人称单数 )； 放弃
参考例句：
  • She relinquishes him to a partner more appropriate. 结果是，她抛弃了他，找了个年龄相当的伴侣。
3 nude CHLxF     
adj.裸体的；n.裸体者，裸体艺术品
参考例句：
  • It's a painting of the Duchess of Alba in the nude.这是一幅阿尔巴公爵夫人的裸体肖像画。
  • She doesn't like nude swimming.她不喜欢裸泳。

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